Businesses feeling pinch from flight cuts

Wednesday

Sep 28, 2011 at 12:01 AMSep 28, 2011 at 10:09 PM

The importance of air service to business has brought into focus again by Chiquita Brands' current shopping around to possibly move from Cincinnati. One of the factors they've named as they've looked to Charlotte and elsewhere: the dramatic reduction in air service in Cincinnati, which makes it more difficult and expensive to conduct an international business from there.

The importance of air service to business has brought into focus again by Chiquita Brands' current shopping around to possibly move from Cincinnati. One of the factors they've named as they've looked to Charlotte and elsewhere: the dramatic reduction in air service in Cincinnati, which makes it more difficult and expensive to conduct an international business from there.

This is the jumping off point for a piece in the Wall Street Journal today. Unfortunately for Cincinnati, they remain the poster child for the problem of fewer flights and higher fares; also mentioned in the article are Cleveland, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.